Super Typhoon Lan ( now a Category 4 cyclone) is approaching our island (Honshu), and is predicted to hit us directly tomorrow, and heavy, chilly rain has been falling here continuously since yesterday. Yesterday I saw a flock of about 60 Tree Sparrows swiftly crossing the rice fields in front of me, ... going where, I wonder?...
Seeing a flock of more than 50 Tree Sparrows is rare in this neighborhood. I guess they gathered and flew together in this number due to the chilly, windy rain... They were cheeping and chattering constantly as they swooped and settled, and took off again... for where? I pity them.
Glancing out my window onto the veranda yesterday, I saw 3 or more Tree Sparrows huddled there. They looked at me, and at the herbs growing on the veranda, but they didn't move, so I left quickly, hoping they would find some brief shelter and maybe a bite to eat there....
Our resident Bull-headed Shrike has been silent and unseen since yesterday afternoon. I wonder where he is, and wish him well.
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